A dispute between a woman and her brother-in-law over the division of land in the Nimgaon Khurd village in Malegaon was resolved amicably after the village committee.
Not a single case of violence was registered in the gram panchayat elections
held on Sunday
NASHIK: A dispute between a woman and her brother-in-law over the division of land in the Nimgaon Khurd village in Malegaon was resolved amicably after the village committee heard both the parties and suggested a solution.
With the Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukt Gaon Yojna (Dispute Free Village Scheme) being implemented with full vigour, villagers in the Nashik district are now looking forward to peaceful co-existence.
A potential dispute at the Narayan Tembhi village during the Bail Pola festival, with some villagers nursing a grouse for not being accorded the “usual honour”, was resolved through the Tanta Mukta village committee.
Another dispute had arisen when a man was hit by a motorcycle in the Dograle village in Malegaon. The two conflicting parties were at blows. The village committee heard the two sides and resolved the matter.
In Nashik district, there are 1,373 villages, of which 1,347 fall under Nashik rural. Initially, 20 per cent of the villages needed to be convinced of the usefulness of this scheme. Once they were convinced, they have been enthusiastic and active in implementing it.
“The response is 100 per cent as all the villages in the Nashik rural division have agreed to participate in the scheme. We are in the process of enlisting the disputes and categorising them. This should be complete by October 15, 2007 .
The progress is as expected,” said Dr Nikhil Gupta, superintendent of police and the secretary of the district implementation committee.
The scheme’s success can also be gauged from the fact that all gram panchayats agreed to the scheme. Village Defence Parties established in all villages of the district are voluntarily encouraging the scheme.
Two hundred fifty villages in the district hosted one village-one Ganapati. In the recent panchayat elections, 56 of 200-odd villages had consensus candidates, who were elected unopposed. To top it all, not a single case of violence was registered.
“We can definitely ascribe the success of these major achievements to the scheme to a certain extent,” said Dr Gupta, who launched the Village Defense Parties (VDP) in all the villages of Nashik districts by providing training to about 16,000 to 17,000 gram rakshaks who are entrusted with the responsibility of protection of life and property in the villages and who provide a helping hand to the police.
“The existence of VDP has definitely made the launching of the scheme easy,” said Dr Gupta who has also launched Turant-24, ensuring action on a registered complaint within 24 hours, in Aurangabad, Buldhana and now in Nashik.
The Turant-24 helps in building trust among the people and the policeforce and leaves no scope for loose ends for the authorities as the action taken report is received by the SP himself at a fixed time in the day. Such initiatives in Nashik district have led a favourable ground for the scheme.
“The scheme is still in its nascent stage. It will take some time before we say it is successful but at least now villages are open to their participation and are ready to implement it, though it is a voluntary programme. The acceptance is very good and this itself is encouraging,” remarked Dr Gupta.
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